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Sun Aug 29 21:07:28 1999
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:05:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Perl-Users Digest Sun, 29 Aug 1999 Volume: 9 Number: 675
Today's topics:
Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!? <admin@cyberthrill.com>
Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!? <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!? <jeff@vpservices.com>
Re: Encryption <igloo@wecandoit.com>
Re: Getting HTTP document <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Re: Hiring Perl Programmer For Edit Of Script <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
MSWin32 command.com and bash.exe prompt <llornkcor@llornkcor.com>
Re: MSWin32 command.com and bash.exe prompt <jeff@vpservices.com>
Re: Need to get number of days in a specific month (Kai Henningsen)
output redirection on NT <thierry.metoudi@netcourrier.com>
Re: output redirection on NT (elephant)
passing a subroutine to sort by reference <ff@creative.net>
Re: passing a subroutine to sort by reference <ff@creative.net>
Re: Perl on PalmPilot (Ilya Zakharevich)
Ready to get to work but... <endlyss@email.msn.com>
Resolving Symbols in Perl <ben@dot-dot.freeserve.co.uk>
Stanford Perl Mongers first meeting 8/31 <flash@pobox.com>
Use perl to find next UID... <matthewNOwuSPAM@magnolia.net>
Re: using ftplib.pl <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Web Site Project/Venture <kc@avsupport.com>
Re: Where is Binary Module DBI and DBD:ODBC for Window <rctwo@erols.com>
Re: Where is Binary Module DBI and DBD:ODBC for Window <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Re: Why use Python when we've got Perl? <xah@weborder.com>
Re: Will you help me solve this (Larry Rosler)
Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 1 Jul 99) (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:31:01 +1000
From: *briguy* <admin@cyberthrill.com>
Subject: Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!?
Message-Id: <37C9A695.A7A868E7@cyberthrill.com>
of course it does!!!! im writing a script in perl, although it's largly dependent
on the browser, i use $EVN{'HTTP_REFERER'}; to retreive it... and i though perl
people would know...
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:17:21 +1000 *briguy* wrote:
> >
> > helllllpppppp.
> >
> > when i load a .pl file from a html file on the server with netscape, the
> > http_referer environment variable is always returned as empty, however
> > when i load the perl script again from the html file using explorer the
> > HTTP_REFERER evnvoronment variable is always eturned with a value...
> >
>
> WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT ?
>
> This has nothing to do with Perl - I think that you might have better
> luck if you ask in a group such as comp.infosystems.www.browsers or
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi : in the latter case I think that
> you might be advised to read the CGI faq first which can be found at:
>
> <http://www.webthing.com/tutorials/cgifaq.html>
>
> /J\
> --
> Jonathan Stowe <jns@gellyfish.com>
> Some of your questions answered:
> <URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~gellyfish/resources/wwwfaq.htm>
> Hastings: <URL:http://www.newhoo.com/Regional/UK/England/East_Sussex/Hastings>
--
http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html
JUST UPDATED: no banners, no misleading links, no pop-ups, no credit cards
or membership, only truly working, lots of custom hacked XXX site passwords.
all passwords work, updated regularly. Go to
http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html NOW. People just love us!!!!
Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Netscape Navigator, or the AOL browser
versions 4 (FOUR) OR ABOVE to view the site (IF POSSIBLE ONLY THOUGH).
- HACKED XXX SITES, NO banners, pop-ups, free access to everythin
<script language=javascript>
window.open("http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html");
</script>
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:55:46 -0700
From: David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!?
Message-Id: <37C9BA72.8CC02FA2@mail.cor.epa.gov>
*briguy* wrote:
>
> of course it does!!!! im writing a script in perl, although it's largly dependent
> on the browser, i use $EVN{'HTTP_REFERER'}; to retreive it... and i though perl
> people would know...
No, Jonathan is right. As usual. The programming language
is irrelevant to the problem. But bear these other tidbits
in mind:
[1] HTTP_REFERER is non-portable, and some webservers don't
let you at it.
[2] It is easily spoofable. I would expect that anyone
visiting the site mentioned below would go out of their
way to hide their address.
[3] As you found out, some browsers mess up when it comes
to HTTP standards.
So your best bet is to find an alternative approach.
Your second-best is to go to a browsers newsgroup and ask
there.
> http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html
> JUST UPDATED: no banners, no misleading links, no pop-ups, no credit cards
> or membership, only truly working, lots of custom hacked XXX site passwords.
> all passwords work, updated regularly. Go to
> http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html NOW. People just love us!!!!
> Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Netscape Navigator, or the AOL browser
> versions 4 (FOUR) OR ABOVE to view the site (IF POSSIBLE ONLY THOUGH).
>
> - HACKED XXX SITES, NO banners, pop-ups, free access to everythin
>
> <script language=javascript>
> window.open("http://www.hackology.com/hacked.html");
> </script>
Eeeeewwwwwwwww. Javascript and hacked porn-site passwords.
Which is worse?
I don't think I want to know *which* people "just love" you.
David
--
David Cassell, OAO cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician
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Date: 30 Aug 1999 00:15:13 GMT
From: Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
Subject: Re: *HTTP_REFERER IN STUPID NETSCAPE!!??!?!?!?!?
Message-Id: <37C9CC18.7ABD0822@vpservices.com>
[briguy's post rearranged so quoted text comes before things that
respond to it]
*briguy* wrote:
>
> Jonathan Stowe wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:17:21 +1000 *briguy* wrote:
> > >
> > > when i load a .pl file from a html file on the server with netscape, the
> > > http_referer environment variable is always returned as empty, however
> > > when i load the perl script again from the html file using explorer the
> > > HTTP_REFERER evnvoronment variable is always eturned with a value...
> >
> > This has nothing to do with Perl
> > ... [snip ... pointer to cgi & browser newsgrous]
>
> of course it does!!!! im writing a script in perl, although it's largly dependent
> on the browser, i use $EVN{'HTTP_REFERER'}; to retreive it... and i though perl
> people would know...
If the post office delivers a correctly addressed envelope containing a
letter with spelling errors or a letter that is misread by someone with
poor eyesight, is the post office to blame? Just because Perl took part
in the delivery of the HTML to the browser does not mean Perl had
anything to do with the quality of the HTML or the response of the
browser to that HTML.
Here are the three possibilities of your problem:
1) The Perl script can't find the value of the referer.
2) Perl can find it, but the HTML used to display it is not correct.
3) Perl can find it and the HTML is correct, but the browser can't
display it.
Since you told us that the script can pass the value of the referrer to
IE, explanation #1 is out. That leaves explanations #2 (an HTML issue,
not a Perl issue) and #3 (a browser issue, not a Perl issue).
Jonathan's advice was good: check in a newsgroup that deals with HTML
and browsers so you can determine which of those two remaining
explanations is the culprit.
--
Jeff
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:03:20 -0700
From: "Bill Miles" <igloo@wecandoit.com>
Subject: Re: Encryption
Message-Id: <rsjm056bj7189@corp.supernews.com>
Yes ... this is the problem. I'll need ports for both Unix and Win NT. Most
of the CPAN modules I have seen so far rely on native code calls. As Perl is
the greatest language on the face of the planet, I never learned how to deal
with C or C++ or Win nmake (I don't even own a C/C++ compiler for Win) ...
you can do everything in Perl. I did see a Web page out of the UK called
something like "crypt - o - sig" which had a pure Perl five line encryption
script (the 3 line relied on a unix module, I believe), but that seems to
have disappeared. Any suggestions? (short of learning C/C++)
Thanks
Bill
Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> wrote in message
news:7qbbe9$2n6$1@gellyfish.btinternet.com...
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:55:12 -0500 J. A. Myers wrote:
> > You will find the answer to most module questions at www.cpan.org .
> > You will find a PGP module there.
>
> Although I'm not entirely sure whether this is a 'pure perl' module as
> specified by the original poster - although the rest of your answer is
> absolutely true.
>
> /J\
> --
> Jonathan Stowe <jns@gellyfish.com>
> Some of your questions answered:
> <URL:http://www.btinternet.com/~gellyfish/resources/wwwfaq.htm>
> Hastings:
<URL:http://www.newhoo.com/Regional/UK/England/East_Sussex/Hastings>
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:45:03 -0700
From: David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: Getting HTTP document
Message-Id: <37C9B7EF.CAB00E19@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Dheera wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have libwww-perl, and I'm using ActivePerl for Windows.
>
> Can anyone please tell me the code fragment to go and get an http
> document, and store it in a variable? I am behind a http proxy...
Since you have libwww, you can just read the examples in
the LWPcook document which comes with libwww. That has
the information you want.
HTH,
David
--
David Cassell, OAO cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:42:57 -0700
From: David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: Hiring Perl Programmer For Edit Of Script
Message-Id: <37C9B771.3F7E25F3@mail.cor.epa.gov>
jmlcards@jmlcards.com wrote:
>
> I am currently in need of two scripts I have currently to be edited so
> they work together.
>
> The scripts are:
>
> From EveryAuction, the Feeder Addon (lets users leave feedback on
> others)
>
> From DcScripts, DCForum99 (quite simply the best forums scripts on the
> net)
>
> The feeder addon must be modified so it works with DcForum. Currently
> the feeder addon looks for usernames by reading a directory of
> usernames. Unfortunately DcForum saves all username in a text delimited
> file.
>
> This job pays $125 Flat!
Then I take it you expect this will only take me an hour
and a quarter.
> Please email us at jmlcards@jmlcards.com if you would like to accept
> this job. Work must be completed by September 15th. But it should only
> be maybe an hour and a half job.
Oh. A full 90 minutes? Well then, I take it you'll be
satisfied with whatever I write and not ask for any
revisions? And you'll let me call you collect so I have no
other expenses?
> The forums are located currently at: http://www.waxpack.com/member
>
> The feeder addon is alot like eBay's feedback program.
>
> Thanks, and I hope to hear from someone very soon.
Probably not from the people you need to hear from. Most
of the better programmers have things like rate cards and
project minimum fees.
David
--
David Cassell, OAO cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician
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Date: 29 Aug 1999 15:08:42 -0600
From: ljp <llornkcor@llornkcor.com>
Subject: MSWin32 command.com and bash.exe prompt
Message-Id: <wku2pie1lx.fsf@llornkcor.com>
How would I get what command prompt the perl script is running on? I
need to differentiate between the standard command.com prompt, and
bash.exe for windows, because bash seems to issue it's own . when
<STDIN> when it is asked for the first time, and therefore, whenever
any script is run on windows using bash, the first <STDIN> gets
'bypassed' (bash seems to supply a "." there itself).
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Date: 29 Aug 1999 22:59:33 GMT
From: Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
Subject: Re: MSWin32 command.com and bash.exe prompt
Message-Id: <37C9BA5E.6660C1F0@vpservices.com>
jp wrote:
>
> How would I get what command prompt the perl script is running on? I
> need to differentiate between the standard command.com prompt, and
> bash.exe for windows
This should do it in most circumstances: my $shell = $ENV{SHELL} ||
$ENV{COMSPEC};
--
Jeff
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Date: 30 Aug 1999 00:04:00 +0200
From: kaih=7NpX$Afmw-B@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
Subject: Re: Need to get number of days in a specific month
Message-Id: <7NpX$Afmw-B@khms.westfalen.de>
abigail@delanet.com (Abigail) wrote on 26.08.99 in <slrn7s9qu5.lhu.abigail@alexandra.delanet.com>:
> Need Help (needhelp@help.com) wrote on MMCLXXXV September MCMXCIII in
> <URL:news:37c3b6a5.89153780@news.isdn.net.il>:
> ;; Hi,
> ;;
> ;; How can I get the number of days in a specific month?
> ;; Lets say I need to know how many days are going to be in February
> ;; 2005.
>
> #!/opt/perl/bin/perl -w
>
> use strict;
>
> sub days {
> my $l = length (my $m = lc shift);
> my $y = shift;
> return 30 if $l == 9 or $l == 5 and $m le reverse $m;
> return 31 if $l == 6 or $l % 2;
> return 30 + (($m le reverse $m) ? 1 : 0) if $l == 4;
> return 29 - !!($y % 4) + !!($y % 100) - !!($y % 400)
> if reverse ($m) ge 'wall';
> return 30 + $m =~ y/c//;
> die "$m is a very funny month!\n";
> }
>
> __END__
> 28
>
This program claims that "Februar" has 31 days, and "Dezember" has 30. The
rest seem to be right, though.
OTOH, if I use numerical months, it's pure nonsense.
Kai
--
http://www.westfalen.de/private/khms/
"... by God I *KNOW* what this network is for, and you can't have it."
- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:39:42 +0200
From: Thierry METOUDI <thierry.metoudi@netcourrier.com>
Subject: output redirection on NT
Message-Id: <37C9B6AE.CB5FDABF@netcourrier.com>
Hi,
when I run perl script on Win NT and redirect the output with ">" on the
command line, it doesn't work at all.
Tip?
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:29:20 +1000
From: elephant@squirrelgroup.com (elephant)
Subject: Re: output redirection on NT
Message-Id: <MPG.12347b6f8b67e80d989c97@news-server>
Thierry METOUDI writes ..
>when I run perl script on Win NT and redirect the output with ">" on the
>command line, it doesn't work at all.
>Tip?
you're probably running the code thusly
C:\>someprogram.pl > somefile.txt
where you need to remember that the .pl is NOT a command .. it's just a
file that you've mapped the extension of .. therefore NT never gets to
see the '>' because it's actually passed to your Perl program as a
command line argument .. try
C:\>perl someprogram.pl > somefile.txt
--
jason - elephant@squirrelgroup.com -
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:03:12 -0700
From: Farhad Farzaneh <ff@creative.net>
Subject: passing a subroutine to sort by reference
Message-Id: <37C9BC30.DFC74E7E@creative.net>
Hi,
How can I pass a subroutine to the sort function by reference? I would
like to have a sorting function that gets passed the sorting subroutine
to use as an argument, something like:
sub sortList (\@\&) {
my ($list, $func) = @_;
[sort $func @$list];
}
where the subs would be something like:
sub numericSort {
$a <=> $b;
}
sub numericSortReverse {
$b <=> $a;
}
and so forth.
I haven't been able to nail down the syntax if there is any.
Thanks
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:34:29 -0700
From: Farhad Farzaneh <ff@creative.net>
Subject: Re: passing a subroutine to sort by reference
Message-Id: <37C9D195.5DC47DF2@creative.net>
I figured out how to do this. However, now I have the problem that the
variables $a and $b in the functions aren't the same as those the
namespace of the module that will eventually use the function to do the
sort. Any way to get around that?
Farhad Farzaneh wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How can I pass a subroutine to the sort function by reference? I would
> like to have a sorting function that gets passed the sorting subroutine
> to use as an argument, something like:
>
> sub sortList (\@\&) {
> my ($list, $func) = @_;
> [sort $func @$list];
> }
>
> where the subs would be something like:
>
> sub numericSort {
> $a <=> $b;
> }
>
> sub numericSortReverse {
> $b <=> $a;
> }
>
> and so forth.
>
> I haven't been able to nail down the syntax if there is any.
>
> Thanks
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Date: 29 Aug 1999 23:16:06 GMT
From: ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya Zakharevich)
Subject: Re: Perl on PalmPilot
Message-Id: <7qcevm$hn3$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Abigail
<abigail@delanet.com>],
who wrote in article <slrn7sj2i3.23d.abigail@alexandra.delanet.com>:
> Perl doesn't run on the Palm pilot. From what I understand, the biggest
> difficulty in porting Perl to the Palm is the memory usuage. Perl is a
> memory hog for all but the most trivial programs. Earlier Palms could
> only allocate memory in 64k blocks, but I think that's solved in the
> later versions.
Perl will not need chunks larger than 8K unless the user code requires
such chunks. And most tasks do not.
Ilya
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:35:45 -0700
From: "Richard Conaway" <endlyss@email.msn.com>
Subject: Ready to get to work but...
Message-Id: <Oz31JBo8#GA.320@cpmsnbbsa03>
In order to practice my coding I need to be able to test it over
and over. does this need to be done on a web server (cgi enabled,
of course) or can it be done on my machine off line?
Where do I point my browser to get the end result?
I can write simple code itself but don't know how to view and
test it in action.
Thank you very much in advance! Richard
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:56:30 +0100
From: "Ben Holness" <ben@dot-dot.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Resolving Symbols in Perl
Message-Id: <7qcdig$n0c$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>
Hi all,
Following a post to comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi, which I have
included at the bottom of this post, I would like to ask if anyone knows how
to solve the following problem, which appears in my server error log, when
the script at the bottom of this post is run:
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_markstack_ptr'
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_stack_sp'
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_sv_yes'
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_stack_base'
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_Sv'
/usr/sbin/httpd: can't resolve symbol 'Perl_na'
Many thanks for your help,
Ben
--
Original post to comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi follows
Hi all,
I am having a problem with using enctype=multipart/form-data in my forms.
I have a simple HTML file that calls a simple perl file, which prints out a
few lines of text (eventually it will do more than that, which is why I need
CGI).
If I do not have the 'enctype' parameter in the form tag of the HTML file,
everything works OK. However, if I wish to upload files, I realise that I
will require the 'enctype' parameter.
My problem occurs when the 'enctype' parameter is in the form tag. The perl
file only gets as far as printing the "Hello?" out and then nothing happens.
Does anyone know why this is happening, or what I am doing wrong? I am
running Suse Linux 5.3, the Apache server that comes with it and Perl
5.004_04
Cheers,
Ben
HTML file:
<html>
<body>
<form method=POST enctype=multipart/form-data
action="http://192.168.0.2/cgi-bin/upload.pl">
Select File: <input type="file" name="newfile">
Filename: <input name="filename">
Press to: <input type="submit" name="Action" value="Upload">
</form>
Perl file:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><head><title>Adding file</title></head><body>";
print "Hello?";
use CGI;
$query=new CGI;
$file=$query->param('newfile');
$save=$query->param('filename');
print "newfile=$file<br>save=$save<br>It Worked!</body></html>";
------------------------------
Date: 29 Aug 1999 21:50:35 GMT
From: Flash Sheridan <flash@pobox.com>
Subject: Stanford Perl Mongers first meeting 8/31
Message-Id: <7qc9vb$t5t$1@samba.rahul.net>
The Stanford Perl Mongers will meet at 8pm on the last Tuesday of each
month. The organizational meeting will be August 31st, 1999, at the
Printers Inc Bookstore Cafe, 310 California Avenue, Palo Alto. Membership
is free and open to all Perl programmers, but since we meet in a cafe,
attendees are requested to buy something to eat or drink.
--
<LI><a href="http://pobox.com/~flash">Flash Sheridan</a>
<LI><a href="http://pobox.com/~spug">Stanford PalmPilot User Group</a>
<LI><a href="http://pobox.com/~flash/spam">Stanford Perl Mongers</a>
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:53:37 -0700
From: mopoka <matthewNOwuSPAM@magnolia.net>
Subject: Use perl to find next UID...
Message-Id: <2750ac20.2ed82d11@usw-ex0108-059.remarq.com>
I need a perl script that can search a UNIX passwd file and
find the next uid above a set min uid.
* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network *
The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:39:46 -0700
From: David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: using ftplib.pl
Message-Id: <37C9B6B2.45D878B6@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Raj Gopal wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have written a simple script to automatically fetch a file from a
> remote server using ftp.
> I am using ftplib.pl
> The problem is that when i "get" a binary file the filesize larger than
> the orginal filesize( I am setting the tranfer mode to "binary".
> this is the code
>
> #!c:\perl\bin\perl.exe
> require "ftplib.pl";
>
> $testConnect=&ftp'open ("80.0.0.2","raj","123");
> &ftp'type("i");
> &ftp'get("philips.txt");
> &ftp'close;
My first recommendation is to switch to Perl 5 [the current
stable version is 5.005_03] and the module Net::FTP .
If your problem continues after that, then please come back
with: [1] code, and [2] OS information for the local and
remote machines.
David
--
David Cassell, OAO cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 19:51:38 -0500
From: "k.c. hemelstrand" <kc@avsupport.com>
Subject: Web Site Project/Venture
Message-Id: <qzky3.14668$ef.51973@news.corpcomm.net>
Subject: Web Site Project/Venture
Hello, my name is K.C. Hemelstrand, president of Avsupport Online
(http://www.avsupport.com). We are looking for a few select individuals
and/or company(s) who would like to perform contract work in the design,
development, and enhancement of our current operational web site.
The person(s) who partake on this venture should be very proficient in Perl,
OOP, CGI, DBI-Interface modules, SQL, and database design. Serious inquiries
only please, as we are in development now and are in need of professional
talent.
This opportunity exists for those who can deliver the time and dedication to
a long term project/venture.
Thank you.
K.C. Hemelstrand
Avsupport Inc.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:26:51 -0400
From: Ruiming Chen <rctwo@erols.com>
To: Hendrik Ahuis <hahuis@us.lhsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: Where is Binary Module DBI and DBD:ODBC for Window 95/98?
Message-Id: <37C9A59A.3F8F6F97@erols.com>
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Hendrik Ahuis wrote:
> Use the ActiveState 'packet manager' ppm.bat to download and install
> packages.
>
Thank you very much! You are a great person.
For others want to use ppm.bat to download and install. Just typed
ppm.bat
install DBI
y
install DBD-ODBC
y
exit
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hendrik
>
> Ruiming Chen wrote in message <37C96253.3C93DD73@erols.com>...
> >
> >The Subject says its all.
> >
> >I installed ActiveState Perl 5.005 but I don't see DBI.pm and ODBC.pm
> >modules. So I went to
> >
> >http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/index.html
> >
> >to downloaded DBI and DBD::ODBC modules
> >But these requires a C compiler and nmake (make) do the install
> >for UNIX system. I have no problem installed DBI and DBD::Informix
> >modules in my UNIX HP-UX 10.20. Because I have gcc and make in my UNIX
> >machine.
> >
> >But my PC Window 95/98 does not have C developement package nor nmake.
> >So where I can get above binary modules for Window 95/98?
> >
> >Thank you in advance!
> >
> >--
> >RC Square Team.
> >
> >
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:48:47 -0700
From: David Cassell <cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: Where is Binary Module DBI and DBD:ODBC for Window 95/98?
Message-Id: <37C9B8CF.4AC23281@mail.cor.epa.gov>
Ruiming Chen wrote:
>
> Hendrik Ahuis wrote:
>
> > Use the ActiveState 'packet manager' ppm.bat to download and install
> > packages.
> >
>
> Thank you very much! You are a great person.
> For others want to use ppm.bat to download and install. Just typed
>
> ppm.bat
> install DBI
> y
> install DBD-ODBC
> y
> exit
You don't even need all that work. Try:
ppm install DBI DBD-ODBC
and then hit 'y' a couple times, as above.
BTW, did you really need to include all that trayf at the
bottom of your message? Or to post using MIME? Usenet
is a text-only medium, so address cards and non-text junk
are really unpleasant for many newsreaders.
David
--
David Cassell, OAO cassell@mail.cor.epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 14:10:14 -0700
From: Xah Lee <xah@weborder.com>
To: David Oppenheimer <davidopp@megsinet.net>
Subject: Re: Why use Python when we've got Perl?
Message-Id: <37C9A1B6.1327BCCD@weborder.com>
David O. wrote:
>
> Where can I find info on Minotaur?
>
>David O.
Dear David O'moron,
You can find Minotaur info at this url:
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/articles/m/minotaur.html
Xah
xah@best.com
http://www.best.com/~xah/PageTwo_dir/more.html
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:43:37 -0700
From: lr@hpl.hp.com (Larry Rosler)
Subject: Re: Will you help me solve this
Message-Id: <MPG.1233576c59919642989ecd@nntp.hpl.hp.com>
In article <8p6671yzhmm.fsf@Eng.Sun.COM> on 29 Aug 1999 09:17:05 -0700,
Mike Coffin <mhc@Eng.Sun.COM> says...
> jp_48504@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > I am sure that this is a simple problem to most of you, but i am still
> > very much an infant when it comes to perl. This is my problem: I have
> > a program that is to figure out some totals, but it will print out a
> > number like 32.0746153846154 what I want it to do is to round it to the
> > nearest tenth such as 32.1 for this number. Can anyone help me with
> > this. I really do appreciate it.
>
> printf "%8.1f", 4.56789;
>
> will print "4.6".
No, it won't. It will print " 4.6".
> See the FAQ for details and variations.
Good advice in any case. But see `perldoc -f sprintf` for what the
various fields in the format mean.
--
(Just Another Larry) Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com
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